Anna Bryson and Muiris MacCarthaigh: ‘Accountability and Blame Acceptance in Ireland: The Role of Public Apologies’ Annual conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) Maynooth University 19 October 2019.

Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh was invited to give a talk: ‘Accountability, Reputation and Apologies’ for the Accountable Governance research project at Utrecht University on 7 February 2020. His talk was followed by a question and answer session which sparked lively dialogue and debate.

On 7 March 2017, Prof Kieran McEvoy gave oral evidence to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee’s Investigation into Fatalities Involving British Military Personnel. His written report addresses the issue of the legality of a statute of limitations for armed forces who served in Northern Ireland.

The 29th September 2018 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Irish government’s guarantee of the liabilities of all domestic banks – a controversial decision that turned private debt into sovereign debt and which had enormous implications for Irish economic, political and social life. To coincide with this anniversary, the project … Continue reading “Event at the Royal Irish Academy”

Principal Investigator, Kieran McEvoy, and Co-Investigator, Anna Bryson, recently presented on Apologies, Abuses, and Dealing with the Past to an audience of around 40 attendees in Stormont’s Long Gallery as part of the Assembly’s Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS). Read their policy briefing. This presentation introduced the project and presented … Continue reading “Northern Ireland Assembly’s Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series”